Clint Sampson
Appearance
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | January 4, 1961||||||||
Died: | December 25, 2005 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 44)||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 183 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Crenshaw (Los Angeles) | ||||||||
College: | San Diego State | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1983 / round: 3 / pick: 60 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
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Clinton Bernard Sampson (January 4, 1961 – December 25, 2005) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs and was selected by the Broncos in the third round of the 1983 NFL draft.[1][2]
Sampson died at the age of 44 on December 25, 2005, due to injuries sustained in a car accident.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Maffei, John (April 25, 1983). "Receiver Sampson heads list of Aztecs players in the draft". Times-Advocate. p. D1. Retrieved February 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sampson, Seabaugh Head List of Aztecs Picked in NFL Draft". Los Angeles Times. April 27, 1983. part III, p. 10. Retrieved March 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Former WR Sampson Dies at 44". Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
- ^ "Wilson wouldn't miss it". The Denver Post. December 29, 2005.
Categories:
- 1961 births
- 2005 deaths
- Players of American football from Los Angeles
- American football wide receivers
- Crenshaw High School alumni
- San Diego State Aztecs football players
- Denver Broncos players
- Road incident deaths in California
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football wide receiver, 1960s birth stubs